Is it crazy to visit Phoenix right now?

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't. It's too hot. My friend lives in Tucson, and she even said it's too hot for anything.

You have a friend in Tucson who doesn't know about Summerhaven? Liar.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, family milestone celebration in Phoenix in two weeks. We will stay for two nights. That's it.

We're stopping on the way back from a vacation to southern California a block from the Pacific - a perfectly lovely place to be in August. No way I would trade any of my California days for more time in Arizona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS: It does get extremely hard and stiff when dry, and it will dry out fast in Phoenix, but you just have to keep wetting it, and then swing it around to make it chill. I used one at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, last week, and it was up at about 100F there.

Honestly, I soaked one in the icy cooler water and stuffed it under my shirt, too, for one of the long hikes on desert sand without any shade. [/quote
I happened on this site and for some reason clicked on this entry first. I thought I was actually on the Relationships forum and that some spouse was describing how to cope with poor hubby’s failing apparatus. But then I read to the bottom and there’s no way to get that thing under her tee, at least for the length of a long hike. So then I realized Ok, Ok this about a Phoenix vacation. But I’m going to keep this advice tucked away for the future, if it’s needed! Whew!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband got some cheaper tickets, but I'm wondering if it's too hot/dangerous, especially with a 6 and 9 year old. Thoughts?

I drove through and it's really hot! Like really really hot, 115, swimming through a hot oven kind of hot. You can't do anything outside for more than 10 mins.

[Anonymous]

The bottom line is that there never should have been the kind of development that exists in Arizona and Nevada. Deserts are simply not meant for huge human population, and the degradation of water resources in the region are totally unsustainable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's dry! I personally love the heat as long as it's dry.

It’s so annoying when people say this. Dry heat can be uncomfortable and dangerous too.

[Anonymous]

I have been to Phoenix a couple of times and really love Arizona. The natural beauty, especially of Northern Arizona, is just breathtaking. I loved hiking the GC and around Sedona. There are some beautiful spots in and around Phoenix too. I would worry that you'd do this trip during this crazy hot summer and miss all of the things that are amazing about Arizona and never make a plan to go back during a reasonable time to visit.

I didn't explore any of the indoor attractions with my kids when we were there because we wanted to be outside, so I can't speak to those sorts of attractions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's dry! I personally love the heat as long as it's dry.

It’s so annoying when people say this. Dry heat can be uncomfortable and dangerous too.

+1

98 degrees in DC is hell on Earth, but 98 degrees in Phoenix is not too bad. 115, though? Yea, the dryness doesn't change the fact that it's freaking 115! That's just HOT and uncomfortable. And yes, can be dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it is crazy. If you want to go, travel north of the mogollon rim which has more reasonable temps (90s for highs, and it tends to cool off at night due the elevation, instead of 110+ Plus whatever heat bounces off the rocks to make it feel even hotter, which is truly unpleasant and life threatening.)

People in phoenix treat summer as people in fargo treat winter. It is dangerous, people stay indoors during heat waves (the blizzards of summer) and are very cautious when venturing outdoors. For that reason summer is arizona cold/flu season.

Also be very cautious with cars, friends in AZ have pot holder type gloves they use to open their car doors bc it gets so hot.

I would also caution you be very careful if you do go and are used to humid DC heat. It is easy to not feel the effects of the dry arizona heat, and think you are fine bc for example you dont think you are sweating (you are…it is just evaporating instantly…) until you are well on your way to heat stroke (which comes on very fast in temps over 100)

Also read up on monsoons and be so so careful, flash floods are a very real risk and can happen even if it is not storming where you are.

This is all true. I would never go in the summer.

[Anonymous]

There's a reason the tickets were cheap. No one wants to go there.